Authoritarian substitute teacher Mrs. Malkin reports for duty and wreaks havoc upon Leo's tranquil fifth grade class, retrieving an array of questionable teaching apparatuses (like brass knuckles) from her endlessly deep Victorian carpetbag. She'sMary Poppins gone wrong.
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"Meet Mrs. Malkin"Script Pages
Co-director Robert Smigel's rich script pages served up a delicious protagonist in Mrs. Malkin for the Leo story artists to feast on. She's a crotchety old schoolmarm hell-bent on reimplementing strict teaching methods to modern coddled students.